Director (CHaRT)
- About
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- Email Address
- g.maclennan@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 438147
- Office Address
Health Services Research Unit
2nd Floor Health Sciences Building
Foresterhill
Aberdeen
AB25 2ZD- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Biography
I am currently Professor of Medical Statistics and the Director of the Centre for Health Care Randomised Trials (CHaRT) which is the Clinical Trials Unit embedded within the Health Services Research Unit. My overarching research interest is in designing fair tests of health care treatments and policies, with a specifc interest in evaluating surgical and complex interventions. I'm also interested in improving the design, conduct, and analysis and reporting of clinical trials through the development and application of methodological research to clinical trials from CHaRT.
My undergrad degree is in Mathematics from the University of Aberdeen, graduating in 1997. After a year training as a Mathematics teacher I joined the Unit in September 1998 as a statistician. I studied part-time for an MSc in Applied Statistics with Sheffield Hallam University, graduating in 2004. In 2008 I was appointed Senior Statistican, and in 2016 was I Interim Programme Director for the Health Care Assessment Programme, until being appointment as CHaRT Director in April 2017.
Qualifications
- BSc Mathematics1997 - University of Aberdeen
- MSc Applied Statistics2004 - Sheffield Hallam University
- Research
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Research Overview
The application of statistical methods to clinical trials. Recent example is JCE paper available here on using instrumental variables in a surgery trial to address non-compliance. Collaborators were Jonathan Cook (Oxford), Tom Palmer (Lancaster), and Richard Emesley (Manchester).
Research on making trials more efficient, collaborating with Trial Forge.
Current Research
A complete list of the CHaRT RCT portolio is available by clicking here
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
I teach on our MPH course module PU5031: EVIDENCE-BASED HEALTH.
- Publications
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Use of the oral beta blocker bisoprolol to reduce the rate of exacerbation in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): a randomised controlled trial. (BICS)
Trials, vol. 23, no. 1, 307Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe development of theory-informed participant-centred interventions to maximise participant retention in randomised controlled trials
Trials, vol. 23, no. 1, 268Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPulpotomy for the Management of Irreversible Pulpitis in Mature Teeth (PIP): a feasibility study
Pilot and Feasibility Studies, vol. 8, 77Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSingle-Incision Mini-Slings for Stress Urinary Incontinence in Women
The New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 386, no. 13, pp. 1230-1243Contributions to Journals: ArticlesShockwave lithotripsy compared with ureteroscopic stone treatment for adults with ureteric stones: the TISU non-inferiority RCT
Health technology assessment (Winchester, England), vol. 26, no. 19, pp. 1-70Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAssessing the feasibility, acceptability and accessibility of a peer-delivered intervention to reduce harm and improve the well-being of people who experience homelessness with problem substance use: the SHARPS study
Harm Reduction Journal, vol. 19, 10Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA peer-delivered intervention to reduce harm and improve the well-being of homeless people with problem substance use: the SHARPS feasibility mixed-methods study
Health technology assessment (Winchester, England), vol. 26, no. 14, pp. 1-128Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3310/WVVL4786
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/18607/1/Parkes_et_al_A_Peer_delivered_NIHR_vor.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
The ALLEGRO trial: a placebo controlled randomised trial of intravenous lidocaine in accelerating gastrointestinal recovery after colorectal surgery
Trials, vol. 23, no. 1, 84Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEye Movement Patterns Can Distinguish Schizophrenia From the Major Affective Disorders and Healthy Control Subjects
Schizophrenia Bulletin Open, vol. 3, no. 1, sgac032Contributions to Journals: ArticlesHow common are complications following polypropylene mesh, biological xenograft and native tissue surgery for pelvic organ prolapse?: A secondary analysis from the PROSPECT trial
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, vol. 128, no. 13, pp. 2180-2189Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.16897
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/17640/1/Reld_etal_BJOG_How_Common_Are_VoR.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus